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The Blue City

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January 13th 2007
Suprisingly enough, sleeping on the train to Jaipur was easy. I'm sure it had to do with it being two in the morning and mightily fatigued. Only Settle had a problem, as Indian sleeper trains are not designed for people over six foot. Indeed, he is always being looked at in the street. For some reason people like calling out "long man, long life, long wife" at him. We haven't worked that one out. ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more